11.25.2008
cranberry, caramel and pecan tart
| After seeing the almond version at smittenkitchen, I knew I'd have to try this. We went to Fredericksburg this weekend, a charming German town in the heart of Texas and bought plenty of new harvest pecans, so I switched out the type of nut. (Fredericksburg was very cute--it was a great place to celebrate six months of marriage!) It was a lot easier to make caramel than I thought it would be. One of the wedding  pans was perfect--it was deep and came with a splatter guard that I poured the cream/butter combo through, then I used it to strain the caramel into a bowl. I used the great unshrinkable sweet tart shell, which I did not love. It was really hard to get it together and I had to press it in bits into the tart pan. I made America's Test Kitchen's sweet tart dough right after this dough (I'm experimenting and knew I'd need a second one for pecan tart on Thursday), and that came together far more easily. This is the great unshrinkable dough on the left. Do you see the cracks in it? I couldn't get rid of them and didn't want to risk handling the dough for too long.  I can't wait for my husband to get home so we can try it. We're having grilled chicken salad for dinner to make up for the calories in this one. With 560 calories for a tenth of the tart, it's definitely an indulgence! I hope it's yummy. Labels: cooking |
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